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Spelling bee to benefit library
By Jeff Randall
Staff Reporter
Fun, f-u-n, fun.
That’s what Nebraska Literary
Heritage Association board member
Barb Hoppe said the 12th Annual
Adult Spelling Bee promises.
This year’s event will be held
Tuesday night at P.O. Pears, 322 S.
Ninth St., and will feature a number
of fierce and not-so-fierce spellers
locked in competition, Hoppe said.
No matter who wins, she said, the
real winner will be the Heritage Room
at the Bennett Martin Public Library,
which will receive the contestants’
$30 registration fees and all other
proceeds from the benefit.
The Heritage Room, located on
the third floor of Bennett Martin Pub
lic Library, 14th and N streets, con
tains books written by authors who
were either born or have lived in
Nebraska.
Works by literary figures as well
known as Willa Cather and Louise
Pound are shelved beside works by
lesser-known contemporary authors,
Hoppe said. The Heritage Room is
also a valuable source for research
ers.
“It’s really kind of a jewel,” she
said. “Having something like this is
very important to Nebraskans.”
Lightheartedness has been the rule
rather than the exception throughout
the history of the adult spelling bee,
Hoppe said.
“It’s a very light and encouraging
environment,” she said. “You don’t
hear any harsh put-downs or insults.”
But that doesn’t mean serious com
petitors are nonexistent.
“There are some gunners who are
definitely out to win,” Hoppe said.
“For a lot of them, this has become
sort of a grudge match, a real point of
pride.”
The winner of the bee will receive
a dictionary, and all competitors re
ceive T-shirts.
Because cheering sections are a
necessary part of the winning equa
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tion, she said, bringing large groups
of supporters is a tradition. Specta
tors must pay a $5 admission fee,
which also goes to the Heritage Room.
“People shouldbasicallyjust come
out and have a good time,” Hoppe
said. “Besides, it’s for a good cause.”
People who are interested in en
tering the Adult Spelling Bee or spon
soring a competitor should contact
the Bennett Martin Library. The $30
registration fee and application are
due April 10.
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Cable costs $10.28 a month and in
cludes 24 channels. One month of
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For Cox Cable customers, an extra
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Bill Norton, community relations
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Disney Channel was added to the
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Disney was aware that the high
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so they started talking to cable com
panies about possibly converting it to
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service.
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Having the big piece of the cable
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move we have ever
made. ”
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BILL NORTON
Community relation for Cox Cable
sion,” he said. “Everyone knows who
to call, everyone has the same thing
on the same channel.
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does TV listings and for the city.”
Norton agreed.
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ers.”
Like customers of almost every
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Kim Kathol, a business adminis
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Craig Vacek, a freshman biology
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